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Looking for a job. !!!
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11-07-2001 7:36pm#1
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Kenjd,
Sometimes you can be over qualified for a job. It is sometimes cheaper to get someone with no skills in an area and train them as you would never have to pay them much for quite some time.
Or then the person could of BS'ed thier way in.
Here are some tips.
1. Form Mail.
I'm not kidding. Get a computer+Printer and tons of stamps. Create a form letter and CV, mail it every company in the yellow pages.
2. Research.
It's not enough to know your coding/operating system etc. Find out about the company your interviewing for. Find out what products they make, how they work, how much the company made, thier customers. Anything at all. If you have a few days before the interview drop into thier place and ask for blurb on thier stuff or download thier stuff off the net and examine it.
Showing an intrest and knowing about your possible employer helps.
3. Find out why "NO"
If you are refused the job ask them why. If they give you a form answer then question it.
Eg.
Them: "We feel you didn't have enough experience".
You: "In what areas? I would like to know what I need to focus on if I am to go for a similar job elsewhere"
Certainly don't scream at them and call them idiots for hiring someone else.
There can be a 101 reasons why they did and most wouldn't be anything to do with you being better then the person they hired.
In the case of someone getting 16K and you feel you had more qualifications I would in your case (although maybe too late) mention that had you of know they thought it was too expensive to keep you could of prehaps taken you on the same wage for probation and then after that time if it wasn't working out then leave.
Try to get them to honestly answer what they didn't like about your interview. In the case of large corporations if your chatting to the HR person who was part of the interview process some will actually help you.
Lastly I'm sorry to say, recruitment agencies do help you find work however they do have thier own intrests at heart so they will quite happly pimp you out to a job which isn't in your field and ignore you on another possible job for other reasons (eg. they can get better commission with another person).
I'm not saying they don't work, just don't put your faith in one system.
Longest I was unemployed was about 3 months. 1.5 months of that was half holiday half job hunting. I got more interviews from form mailing people in the Yellow pages then I did from recruitment agencies.0 -
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look at any job site.
ok, theres not hundreds, of a perticular type of job that maybe you are looking for, or i might be looking for, but in the IT sector there are still huge amounts out there.
and no, the market isnt as healthy as it was 12 months ago. salaries on offer have dropped for a start and thats why people offen complain thats theres no jobs. just because they are looking at a certain type of job with a certain critiria, and now there are less matches.
i should know, ive been on every job site between here and england every day for the last 8 months. i can pratically tell you what job will get what and depending on the region
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Guys,
If your looking for techhie jobs?? Check out some irish companies websites. Usually they have a recruitment section where they ask you to send CVs to them. I know our company here are looking for tecchies and sales staff right now. I dont know if im allowed mention the company so ill put it here in brackets so mods can remove it if its against the rules etc.. (Systemhouse.com) they do security/Anti-Virus/TAs/Routers/etc.. Its fun here xcept im going in sept to OZ)
You can do a lot worse than checking irish registered domains....
Gibo ?
Of All thge things i've lost, i miss my mind the most!
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kali:
irishjobs.ie is the best place ive ever used anyway. just click "company" and not "agency" when searching... and hey presto</font>
true.
only problem with companies is that a lot of them dont update their site enough.
you can have no positions on them when there are positions and positions on it that havent been taken down after being filled.
best bet is to send in a CV to everything
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by tHE vAGGABOND:
Yop, I sysadmin a big aul clarify system from development right to now where its live in production - what kind of ppl would you be lookin for</font>
Hit me with that again, you sysadmin a server with Clarify on it??
To be honest we are looking for developers, if you have Clarify certification then u can ask for more sponds, if you are a programmer with good VB or C++ or Java then you would get certified, they pay £6k for a 2 weeks course so it is worth doin!!
So do u fit!! If you do send me on your CV and I can recommend you to HR, cannot guarantee anything but I will try
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